they were not fans of the deal. >> i don't trust north koreans. a very questionable deal. >> we're going back to the days of president carter of appeasement. >> many in congress didn't want to pay for north korea's reactors or the oil and the shipments were delayed. meanwhile, north korea didn't live up to its end of the deal either. they pursued a second path to the bomb. separate from the nuclear reactor route. enriching uranium. >> we are happy that it was successful. >> enter a.q. khan, the master of pakistan's atomic bomb. can admitted he ran a nuclear black market for nations like iran and libya. north korea was set to be one of his best customers. can took back the confession but nuclear experts say it was all true. >> states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil. >> the bush administration called north korea out for its uranium program and gave up completely on president clinton's deal from the 1990s. in hindsight, that was a big mistake. the north responded by restarting its moth-balled reactor and converting plu

that he couldn't or didn't join the negotiating table why is that what do they think of him the north koreans north john bolton is the national security adviser of the u.s. is normally you'd expect him to be the right hand of the president of things like this but he's very much a hawk on this issue isn't he right if for a very long time john bolton that was against talking to north korea he didn't like the agreed framework that was signed in one thousand nine hundred four and so i think it is a good sign for north korea and what to the north koreans think of john bolton. well well probably they don't want him here in the way. in terms of a possible outlines of a deal that could satisfy both sides and give us a little bit of progress and the start of a process what could we see do you think well some dismantle this mental image of some nuclear missile silos maybe the from getting nuclear test site maybe the. missile launch site and possibly the younger nuclear facilities where they produce nuclear facility us that the be used for nuclear weapons are for them food for in the with korea though c

unexpectedly this president saying quickly that ultimately they couldn't get to a deal because the north koreans wanted sanctions relief, and he wasn't prepared to give it unless they were able to give access to a whole host of facilities in north korea brk ut north koreans apparently weren't willing to loy here's how the president expressed the frustration today in the press conference just a short time ago here in hanoi >> we spent pretty much all day with kim jong un, who is quite a guy and quite a character, and i think our relationship is very strong, but at this time we had some options, and at this time we decided not to do any of the options, and we'll see where that goes. it was a very interesting two days i think actually it was a very productive two days, but sometimes you have to walk, and thflgs just one of those times >> the president saying this was just one of those times when you have to walk away from the negotiating table. the president has done just that air force one took off a short time ago the president has left vietnam he is not promising to have another summit with kim

the north koreans think of it as are no nuclearre threats to north korea and they do not have nuclear weapons. their interest is making sure the united states is not preparing or does not have , whether nuclear or nonnuclear that could hit north korea. definition of negotiation is vague. they are going to have to work through it as negotiations move on. tests ofhave seen various missiles out of north korea. guest: the u.s. intelligence committee has assessed in independent experts that we work with we believe north koreans have ballistic missiles. 14 that can reach targets in the u.s.. how accurate they are is not clear. how reliable -- this is the device that delivers the nuclear bomb to the target. they have a missile that can to decide allo nuclear bomb across the u.s. they have no more than a couple dozen of these missiles. they are probably manufacturing more and this is one reason why we cannot be comfortable they are not flight testing. we have to make sure they are not producing more, improving capabilities as time goes on. host: how is the united states prepared to meet that

the north koreans think of it as making sure there is no nuclear threat to north korea and that they don't have nuclear weapons. they are interested in making sure the united states is not preparing or does not have strike assets, whether nuclear or nonnuclear that could hit north korea. >> -- they are going to know it when they see it. they will have to work through it at these negotiations move on. have seen tests of various missiles out of north korea. do we currently have the capability something reaching the united states? that has been a matter of considerable debate. independent experts that we work with we believe north koreans have ballistic missiles. 15 or 14 specifically that can reach targets in the u.s.. how accurate they are is not clear. how reliable -- this is the device that delivers the nuclear bomb to the target. they have a missile that can deliver a payload the size of a nuclear bomb across the pacific ocean to the u.s.. they probably only have no more than a dozen of these types of missiles. they are probably manufacturing more of them. this is one of the reason

where anticipation is building ahead of the second summit between president donald trump and the north koreaneader, kim jong—un. the two men will meet on wednesday, with washington wanting pyongyang to restate its commitment to denuclearisation. north korea is desperate for sanctions relief after years of economic restrictions. in many ways, the relevant issues are identical to those injune, when the leaders met in singapore. let's speak to my colleague sharanjit leyl, who is in hanoi in vietnam. it seems like it is still a rainy and grey morning and hanoi. well, it is, it is chilly as well, i should add, and the weather is not fantastic. so it is not going to be a fabulous greeting in that sense for the two leaders, but we know they are on their way. north korea's kim jong—un is on they are on their way. north korea's kimjong—un is on his way in his train, he left from pyongyang just two days ago. and we were seeing some of these live pictures, and we can see them again, and these are pictures that would greet him. people anticipating his arrival at the border of dong dang, and security wait

there is more of an advantage for the north koreans anyway because the north koreans have been dealing with this file their whole professional lives and kim himself was born and bred to this position remember the nuclear program in north korea goes all the way back to kim's grandfather who inherited nuclear technology originally from the soviet union then got the help of egypt and down the line north korea got the help of pakistan to perfect their nuclear program ry of pictures coming in now as we speak we can see the road in the convoy as trump has now arrived at the metropole hotel ready for this face to face meeting still about sixteen seventeen no sorry about thirty minutes forty minutes to go before that meeting martin and no sign yet of the north korean leader leaving his hotel all right which brings us to the next obvious question and that is what is on the table because we understand from the kinds of messages that president trump has has put out before today that perhaps he's not going for what was known as c.v.s. the full monte if you like the full complete irreversible and t

the north koreans haven't even done that. i could believe that kim jong-un would like to create a situation where foreigners can come in and do some investing. such as the south koreans have done. that said, since those times when british ships were in southern china, there has been a lot of changes. given that north korea is engaged with weapons of mass destruction, are we going to say, you can have access to the world bank. you can be a member of the inf. i don't think that's going to be so easy. if i were kim jong-un, i would be skeptical when president trump says, this is great for condominiums. i'm not sure he really gets it. i know he does want to develop the country. i think he wants to do it on his own terms. the history of communist reform programs, i used to serve during the cold war in places like poland. the landscape is littered with failures of reform programs. the concern would be, if i start this, it won't stop. i will eventually be thrown out of power. >> thank you very much. joining us from denver. steve eng

this summit the big question in the room was how much were they going to give up in in return for north korean nuclear station and that's probably where expectations didn't quite match up between north korea and the united states but this it won't. we only have the american narrative on what exactly happened and why did these talks break down i mean there was a table for lunch set up the press corps was given. at time for a signing ceremony and then all of that got scrapped but from where you are how are people looking into what unfolded in vietnam while they're watching what had happened we sure can incredible sense of devastation because we keep hearing this word expectation and the expectation in south korea certainly was very high and many analysts were in agreement that there would be some kind of deal today after all as mr. he would not have traveled that far to not be sincere about denuclearization and of course no one really thought that there would be amazing breakthrough today they did not think that we are going to see a statement about completely new coy's with very concrete steps

one of favorite slogans of north koreans is they planned on turning seoul into the lake of fire rate. suddenly we had an american returning that. my south korean friends were nervous when what he was president sounded like the north koreans. i had a friend come up to me in church and ask asked me if we d have a nuclear war. first a very been asked that question. but thankfully that all kind with the way. if you look at the last year, there's been nothing that in terms of none of that kind of rhetoric, none of the threats, none of the fear mongering. it's been a very much change in atmosphere. indeed the president has informed us he felt a little love with kim jong-un. i don't know if it's mentioned that to melania, exactly how the threesome works out. nevertheless, this is been a very good time for us. we've had rising threats, fear of war, et cetera and all the sudden gravity talk and discussion. there's been real concern we haven't seen much denuclearization over the last year and will be interested see if we can get a reboot of the upcoming summit in hanoi. certainly an opportunity

the demilitarized zone divides the korean peninsula into north and south at the thirty eighth parallel. the armies of both sides face each other along the border. this standoff has continued since the end of the korean conflict in one nine hundred fifty three. in october two thousand and six north korea successfully carried out its first test of a nuclear device a move that threatened to upset the precarious balance of power in the region. a triumphant north korea says its latest a ballistic missile test demonstrates that it now has the capability to strike anyway in the united states. the nuclear test made headlines around the world but north korea's transformation into a nuclear power should come as no surprise. they've been working toward this goal for decades it's a sophisticated program that got its start even before the north korean state was founded in one nine hundred forty eight. during world war two many koreans were taken to japan a slave laborers so when the nuclear weapons went off in japan during world war two the many koreans had seen those weapons seen the effects knew

coming to you halfway around the world in vietnam or the second summit between president trump the north korean leader kim jong un entered it a very different fashion than the first, without an agreement at this time. president trump says he was not willing to give into north korea's demand that the u.s. left all sanctions without an ironclad promise from kim to eliminate the nuclear all snow. the north koreans had an extremely rare press conference a few hours ago to say they only wanted some of the sanctions lifted to get rid of its biggest nuclear site. the two leaders canceled the scheduled lunch and signing ceremony today, back home both democrats and republicans were given the president varying degrees of credit for not giving in. in south korea's d collapse was viewed with real disappointment. we have fox team coverage. he is in seoul, south korea, where the news agency says the security situation has now turned back to zero. the trump administration on the decision come optimism about the future without another meeting set up on the calendar. we start off here with john roberts. >> good

donald trump at the center of historic events on both sides of the globe in a few hours trump and north korean leader kim jong un are expected to sign a joint agreement capping their second summit what if any progress has been made in denuclearizing north korea and is there any substance in trump's bid to turn an enemy into a friend. but in the u.s. capital it's the words of a former trump friend turned that captured most of the attention as michael cohen from former fixer and attorney told congress that the commander in chief is really a commander in chief. keef's of rhesus. he is a con man. and he's a cheat i fear that if he loses the election in two thousand and twenty that there will never be a peaceful transition of power. i'm berghoff it's good to have you with us it is eight am in hanoi vietnam and today both the u.s. president and the north korean leader are expected to tell us whether their talks have brought the world closer or further from the threat of nuclear conflict donald trump and kim jong un will sign a joint agreement a few hours from now our reporters are there and we'll ha

it looked like the north koreans were ready to hand it over. to the president's credit, and i don't give him a lot of credit, but to his credit, he realized these were not things that were going to eat h-- that were not to eat in to the program, and the north koreans were asking for a lifting of the sanctions. no deal is better than a bad deal. but we never should have been in this situation. there should have been more spade work done in advance. i'm reminded of wendy working on the iran deal and how many trips she made to ensure that when had the secretary got there, the president got there, there was a deal to be made. that, you know, she had done the, you know, the -- there was only ten yards to go left or less by the time the principals got there. that was not the case here. where the president himself had to negotiate these things. and we ended up in a bad spot. >> and ambassador sherman, that was the subject of the bbc's question to the president, was it premature to have the summit if nothing was agreed to? >> and the simple answer is y

the north koreans think of it as making sure there are no nuclear threat to north korea, and they do not have nuclear weapons. their interest, as i said, is making sure the united states is not preparing or does not have strike assets, whether nuclear or nonnuclear, that could hit north korea. so the definition of negotiation thisbit vague in negotiation. as steve has said, they will know it when they see it and have to work forward when these move on. tests overave seen the years of various missiles out of north korea. what about reaching the united states? daryl: that is a debate. the u.s. intelligence committee has assessed and independent experts that we work with we believe north koreans have ballistic missiles. the 14 and 15 specifically can reach targets in the u.s. how accurate they are is not clear. how reliable the reentry is, the device that delivers the nuclear bomb to the target. they have the capability. they have a missile that can deliver a payload the size of a nuclear bomb across the pacific ocean to the u.s. they have no more than a couple dozen of these missiles.

americans view reconciliation as a useful tool to denuclearization but from a north korean -- south korean standpoint there are two issues that face you. one is the capability of north korea. the second is the willingness to use it. so trying to change an environment and move north korea to a place where it is much less likely consider military action is extraordinary important, and matters of awful lot more to people where your capital is about 30, 35 miles in the dnc -- in the dmz that it matters to the great nation across the ocean for the war would not be over here as we were told or -- but somewhere else. the u.s. should be encouraging the rok to take the lead on this. that kind of reconciliation is much better for the united states as well as the rok, recognizing we should be wary, we should recognize there are lots of things to be tactical from a north korean standpoint. nevertheless, i'm hopeful because there's a lot about kim jong-un that suggest he is different. not a nice guy, not a closet liberal. this is not gorbachev. there's no sakharov who's been released, no domestic liber

weapons of mass destruction in noise words as weapons in washington in a few hours trump and the north korean leader kim jong un are expected to sign a joint agreement capping their second summit what if any progress has been made in denuclearizing north korea and is there any substance interim spit to turn an enemy into a friend but in the u.s. capital is the explosive claims of a former trump friend turned photos that have captured most of the attention michael cohen trumps former fixer and attorney told members of congress that the commander in chief is really the commander in chief. he is a racist. he is a convience. and he uses sheet i fear that if he loses the election in two thousand and twenty that there will never be a peaceful transition of power. i bring golf it's good to have you with this it is eleven am in the vietnamese capital hanoi and a few hours the u.s. president and the north korean leader will take part in a joint agreement signing ceremony an indication that the world perhaps is a step further away from the threat of nuclear conflict. donald trump is urging kim jong goi

we've seen this time and again in our negotiations with the north koreans. strations so i think a lot of caution is warranted here. it's great to be optimistic about the potential for north korea to be on a pathway like vietnam, but ultimately the north koreans have burned us way too many times for us to enter into this without any other posture except for eyes wide open. >> shannon: the president wrapping up his latest live event there in vietnam. we are going to take another break here, but again, we are staying alive until 1:00 a.m. eastern tonight is the president makes another public appearance in hanoi and keep you abreast of all the latest developments, around. as a co ♪ ♪...you better get moving. ready or not♪ ♪...it's about to go down here it comes now♪ ♪...get ready (oh oh oh oh), get ready♪ ♪...moving. ready or not ♪...get ready (oh oh oh oh) new galaxy. free buds. music to your ears. get free galaxy buds when you pre-order galaxy s10 or s10+. minimums and fees seem to your typical bank.n of capital one is anything but typical. that's why we design

that's what the north korean leader is looking for, limited, possibly and maybe other measures, openinghostilities that have been there since the end of the korean war. if he gets that much, i think donald trump can say, "look, this is now process. though it's slow, it's further than anyone has been" and pronounce it a success. jonathan, as you pointed out, this is one of the world's most ruthless dictators is is at this summit at all because of its nuclear weapons and north korea has promised to denuclear rise many times before and done nothing. what are the chances, really, do you think? well, i think the reality is north korea is now a nuclear weapons state. there is not any other country on the planet that's acquired nuclear weapons and given them up. so you know, i don't think anyone realistically thinks north korea is going to be nuclear weapons—free, with no capacity for rebuilding its weapons capability. that's in any foreseeable future. there is a disagreement between the united states and the north korea — or at least a lack of agreement on what denuclearisation means — that i

president talking about the north korean leader calling a rocket man and yet the north korean leader referring to the u.s. president as a mental retard now we're talking about an economic powerhouse in a special relationship that is a dramatic change in a relatively short amount of time is that the real success of these summits is that what we can talk about. well of course with people like president trump and kim jong un you never really know how much of that is actually real and how much of it is just to actually show just. you know increase the stakes and and have a bettering have a better bargaining power in these negotiations so. but i think yes they've come around one hundred eighty degrees and if you think back to. just over a year ago when you know the north korean or the korean peninsula was on the brink of nuclear war at least so it seemed so then yes there is a huge step forward and if anything at least the tensions have been diffused at least for the moment not to say that that couldn't just change back as quickly as you know as it came around but yet so that's definitely

and the north koreans just started up their program and never stopped since. north korea's leaders realized that they no. faced a very real threat from the united states in response they put their nuclear development program into overdrive. thousands of scientists and other technical experts were now working at the young gun site it was a massive effort for such a small country and it paid off. on october ninth two thousand and six north korea announced that it had successfully tested a nuclear device. an official statement was read out on state t.v. linen the would be we north korea has been forced to provide evidence of its nuclear capability. to protect its national sovereignty against the threat of an attack by the united states. the test was fairly small but it did show that north korea was pushing ahead with its nuclear program. despite promises from bill clinton and threats from george bush. little simoun uniformitarian or totalitarian regime like north korea has two advantages that own decisions are made quickly and strategies are designed for the long

i think on the north korean side, the north koreans will be looking for sanctions relief.develop their economy. they will be looking perhaps to end their hostile relationship with the united states in the form of a peace resolution, a peace agreement, eventually. and i think that they will be looking to further their relationship, a better relationship with the united states, in the long—term. relationship with the united states, in the long-term. that is what they will be looking for but what do you think the realistic chances are of progress? it really depends, i think, ultimately on the two leaders. as we know, president trump can bea leaders. as we know, president trump can be a bit unpredictable. the north korean leader is also someone who takes risks. i think it really comes down to what the two leaders will say face—to—face when there are not any advisers, officials, with them. i think that will be an important thing to watch for. president trump will also wants to have a domestic victory that he can claim in the united states at a very good —— difficult time for hi

president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un are within hours of meeting again, facend summit another attempt to secure the denuclearisation of north korea, although the two leaders have very different definitions of what that would mean. a short while ago, president trump tweeted. "vietnam is thriving like few places on earth. north korea would be the same, and very quickly, if it would denuclearize. the potential is awesome, a great opportunity, like almost none other in history, for my friend kim jong—un. we will know fairly soon — very interesting!" that is the president's tweet ahead of their meeting. sharanjit leyl is covering the summit for us. good to see us today. president trump is going to have bilateral talks with officials in vietnam's before he meets kimjong—un. absolutely, sally. infact, he is doing that right now. we saw him meet earlier with the vietnamese president at the colonial presidential palace. he is also the general secretary of the ruling communist party. he talked a lot about the trade relationship between the us and vietnam. he is of cours

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the north koreans gave up because they know south koreans more powerfully and we are standing behind . though i don't buy that at all. neil: okay, next time tell us what she really think. the former u.s. north korea coordinator -- court nader. it's a tough job. the times in which he was dealing. a lot more coming up here including the trump administration in the message it is sending to china through all of this. the hoover institution fellow michael oz land. good to have you. i do not get a chance to listen to this but the upside being you wouldn't give up hope here, that there will be another day, maybe other talks. maybe the markets are getting out of their skis on the china trade talks. what do you think? >> well, i think these are always interrelated in the minds of those who are dealing with the united states that they work very carefully at how the trump administration approached us. the president's belief of what he can do is not just strike a deal to create a relationship. this is trump's resolution which is good relationship sushi champagne in china and kim jong sunday. the

and north korea the intra korean talks between north korea and south korea and south korea's been way ahead of the u.s. talking about building joint railways joint railroads and ending the korean war and all these things how does this affect that separate korean process i think it creates a roadblock for the korean process a question was asked to president from by n.k. news about this very issue he didn't answer it he obviously doesn't have an answer to the problem of what does president moon do next or he gave us some platitudes about moon being a great guy who's working very hard so we'll have to wait and see how the south koreans are going to try and spin this christopher green from the international crisis group thank you very much indeed for joining me just before i leave you standing here seven months ago as with you michael called for rick who is from the international crisis group another expert on north korea worth telling our viewers he is still a former canadian diplomat still in a chinese jail he was working as an analyst on these issues and he is being held by the chinese

he described the north korean proposal as realistic. north korea is claiming they were looking for the u.s. to remove just part of the sanct n sanctio sanctions. nancy pelosi is one of those that said she's pleased the president walked. she also criticizedpresident trump for giving the north korean dictator a platform. she said prospects were dim. >> it guess it took two meetings to realize that kim jong-un is not on the level. he was the big winner in getting to sit face to face with the most powerful person in the world. >> president trump said today, neil, a third meeting, a third potential meeting between himself and kim jong-un is not set. the two countries are expected to continue their discussions. the question is of course what happens from here, neil. >> neil: thank you. meantime, new jersey democratic senator bob menendez blasting the president's performance. >> i think what we saw in vietnam is amateur hour, but with nuclear weapons at stake. >> neil: that's a lot. amateur hour. i was it amateur hour when ronald reagan walk ad

rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime the north koreans didn't pull their punches either trump we're about all you interviews with. doesn't mean the foreign minister calling truck a mentally deranged gangster. then soon after seemingly out of nowhere pyongyang picked up the phone to better southern enemy south korea a conversation that kicked off a high level diplomatic dance involving both koreas and washington the results north and south korean athletes marching under one flag at the winter olympics. and trump hosting a north korean delegation at the white house and then as i prepared to meet next week with kim jong un from fire and fury to the summit of the century. the handshake in singapore the fashion ever between leaders of their two countries . historians made this take from the u.s. president himself. i was really being tough and so was he i will go back and forth and then we fell in love ok. what a difference a year makes. joining me now is professor andre lang cause of cookman university in seoul andres knowledge of north korea runs deep he studi

north korean defectors are korean side. north korean defectors a re interested korean side.tions relief, there seems to bea some sanctions relief, there seems to be a majority in favour of reopening an industrial complex, for example, light manufacturing zone won by north and south korea just inside north korea, so they say this is very matter. indeed, well, thank you so much. chris green will be staying with us over the next two hours to make sense of these meetings, as he mentioned, extended meetings, as he mentioned, extended meetings happening in vietnam today between donald trump and kim jong—un andi between donald trump and kim jong—un and i will be bringing them to you as soon as they get started. many thanks to sharanjit leyl there. we will of course be back in hanoi for more analysis but there has been a lot more news today. here in the uk, brexit has been dominating the headlines. mps have voted to endorse theresa may's latest brexit move, after she made concessions which could result in a delay to the uk's departure from the eu. a large majority voted in favour of

the north koreans need to feel more comfortable about eventually relinquishing their nuclear weapons. one thing that's been floated is the idea of the u.s. and north korea exchange liaison officers to eventually open liaison offices in washington and pyongyang. those could eventually lead to embassies. perhaps that's one step the two countries could take. the u.s. is going to want north korea to do something, anything, to move towards getting rid of those nukes, brian. >> will ripley, thank you very much. >>> joining me now, two people who have been to north korea and worked under president clinton, senior fellow at the atlantic council jayme mettle and guy smith who spent significant time in north korea holding high stakes meetings with some of the nation's senior diplomats. we're so fortunate to have both of you here to talk about this high-stakes summit. jimmy, how concerning is it for you to hear about how the president does not view north korea as a threat anymore and this morning, his secretary of state saying something completely different? >> there's no doubt that north korea

pleasure of trying to cover a summit in the early ninety's right here in berlin we stood outside the north korean embassy for days on end nobody would say anything to us these were sort of low level talks north korea was not talking at all then and now at least they're talking they're looking for ways forward so do in the news. right still led by donald trump to invest trust in the north korean leader yeah there's definitely definitely with arabs comments on the progress there was i think drastic progress and. and i you know i understand that you know here in europe there was no other efficiently than you know as they did people distrust the trump and also i. briefly took a look at the news media says that there is the gentleman i was watching or maybe these media about a. testimony and then he was quite or so disappointed and with the whole mike my question is to see if that can go on also started a little bit you know about of the sincerity of. so however. actually korean actually we. definitely expect the especially the trump of the miss trade. to more reliable and trust full steps at the vill

liviu has had closer contact with north koreans than almost anyone in the south she was the captain of the joint korean basketball team at last year's asian games a bonding experience. one time one of the north korean players brought us a snack. i didn't expect it to taste good but it was delicious so i told her i loved it and she brought me more to. give it all we've heard i brought her some snacks from south korea really felt like we were members of the same family. so-called sports diplomacy like at the winter olympics and here talking last year is one of the few ways open to north and south korea to build trust and improve their relations i'm planning. to meet a kind of the relations between north and south and between the north and the west are very closely connected. i have set out progress in the denuclearization process of turning north and south very limited options. it's restricted to things like sports culture religion cutting areas that are not restricted by the sanctions. had to me that. but south korea would like to move faster and strengthen economic cooperation with the

because north korean people. views that are heavily contested in the past his activism could easily have landed her in conflict with south korea's national security allows now the political climate is more open so that even though few in south korea share her enthusiasm for north korea's leader many now do see a window of opportunity to finally come to terms with their neighbor to the north. is that much substance of the symbolism of this sports diplomacy has it actually achieved anything oh yes we could see that with the winter olympics here that it has achieved a lot and brought together those two leaders of those two countries that have not only be apart but very hostile for about seven decades now but they sat together and talked for the first time so sports diplomacy is key here and just the united states necessary look favorably close ties between north and south korea yes to a certain extent of course they should not be too close but we saw also even before the saw coming emerging that the south korean pre

this has been a half-century long dream of the north koreans to have nuclear weapons. moving towards a de facto normalization with north korea. we are seeing it in meetings like this, we are seeing it and what will probably be some type of liaison exchange. the idea that i think administration is getting to is that you have to create some type of working relationship of trust between the president and kim jong un and certainly that's going to take a long time. but otherwise the diplomatic negotiations when they are not getting it where you want to get to. >> shannon: the president has talked a lot about the fact that he has a wonderful relationship with him, it's something he likes to talk about with respect to president xi and resident abe, he's very, very relational both. >> that's exactly right. this is about building trust. it's also about a carrot and stick approach, the stick being sanctions in the economic pressure that's going to put a north korea and the carrot is of course saying you can become like vietnam. if you can become an economically prosperous countr

he's going to hanoi for his second summit with the north korean leader. alex? >> like i said, busy times. okay. thank you very much, mike viqueira. appreciate that. joining me, melanie and david levinthal from the center for public integrity. with a good morning to you both. david, to you first. how do you see this all playing out on tuesday, especially that you have representatives in congress. we're talking about republicans who are going to be put on the record on this issue of the national emergency and diverting funds. >> so, this is a huge problem for republicans in the sense that, okay, they can block this now. likely president trump is going to veto anything that comes before them in terms of a resolution to block the wall. but what republicans are so concerned about is that, well, what happens if a president bernie sanders or a president elizabeth warren, some democrat down the line, having these exact same powers and declaring national emergencies for things that would be absolutely unpalatable for republicans? so, it really kind of just speaks to the

in vietnam at this hour, president trump and north korean leader kim jong-unave just arrived for a one-on-one meeting dismantling the north's nuclear program.s thiseir second face-to- face encounter in eight months. there are plans for a ceremony for the two leaders to sign a joint agreement, raising expectations for productive talks. back in dominated by testimony from president trump's former lawyer miael cohen. we will take a deep look at that later. but moments ago we heard fromum mr. and kim jong-un. nick schifrin is there in hanoi. we just watched video of the two leaders sit downgd and had dinner together lar night. they beginning serious talks this morning. what do we expect? w ll, we are seeing a lot of warmth already from these two leaders. we saw that last night, trump leaning in to kim, kind of patting him on the back, joking with him w ha seen the ame warmth, this morning and what president is trying to do isse that relationship in ordoer make some progress on some of the key issues. obviously, the main issue of the u.s. is intinerestes denuclearization, but the u.s. admits that

president and north korean leader. the leaders didn't spell out how pyongyang will denuclearize but the president says he is not in a rush since the north has stopped testing weapons. john roberts reporting live in hanoi, vietnam. >> good afternoon to you. good morning from hanoi. is kim jong-un willing to give up his nuclear program and is there something that president trump can do between tomorrow and the day after to convince him to do it? you mentioned the summit in singapore last june. the first meeting between a u.s. president and north korean leader. at that summit kim jong-un pledged that he was going to denuclearize. other than shutting down a couple of facilities that he didn't need anyway, he hasn't taken any concrete steps toward denuclearization which has both republicans and democrats alike now saying that president trump needs to do something at this summit here in hanoi to push kim jong-un along that path. listen here. >> we need a clear, concrete roadmap to complete verifiable denuclearization. what th

we are focused right here on a remarkable week on tap for president and north korean dictator, kim jung-uno is on the today, 2000-mile train journey right here to vietnam. welcome to the official start of fox news special coverage of the us north korea summit 2.0. i met henry and we live in hanoi which is two words in vietname vietnamese. we are taking you inside the today summit between the president and chairman can officially start on monday. this is round two. after the two leaders met in singapore, kim said that it was a prelude to peace but president declared it would lead to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, very quickly. a victory for the president to get him to the table but so far at least that push for denuclearization is at a standstill tonight. the stakes are enormous, the president first in 2017 of "fire and fury" raining down on north korea after the rogue regime produced a miniature nuclear warhead could fit inside missiles potentially reach america. president has noted that 28 million people in seoul who could be caught in the crossfire including over 28000 of

north korean relations and a peace regime on the korean peninsula president mood might come out as the biggest winner of these talks and in a way it seems that he's risking more than anyone else if these talks lead to a dead end after all this country that will be among the point targets for the nuclear capable north korean missiles south korean foreign minister said his country is looking forward to a quote tangible and substantial results with all the hopes skepticism and fears involved coming to a specific results by trail to be a very tough challenge for everyone involved in the situation but considering that the idea of i.q.'s fourth korean summit saturday absent just two years ago maybe there's still a chance for a happy conclusion. ok let's sort of from back in national coordinator of the young people around soko nation joining us live yet what came out of singapore last time it was positive was the detail i'm going to get the detail this time. well what we got was a commitment on both the north korean and the american side can genuine and president trump to go forward to establ

we've got a very different sense of what it means for the north koreans. they think about denuclearization they talking about not just the korean peninsula, but also the u.s. security shield that guards much of northeast asia. the question will be, is it going to be very definition of denuclearization or is it ours. the other issue, how complete, how verifiable, how irreversible is that going to be? we are pushing for war in the north koreans are pushing for less. >> how many of these do we need without dispute of success? does the president to walk out with a sheet of paper and a checklist. >> is difficult to come out of the summit with full agreement on all these issues. the problem has always been they agreed to do something and they don't actually do it. we have no way of verifying whether they have or have not. >> elyse those who have been released publicly. >> they're actually producing more fissile material. they're still producing rockets and weapons and they're still potentially hiding things and places that we aren't aware of. >> take a listen to